RE: DA 50 problems
The symptoms you describe sound like gas is pooling in the reed valve which is something DA fixed in an update. You can give them a call with the serial number from the engine and they can tell you if that particular engine has the correct updates. If not, I think if it's less than 3 yrs old they will do it for free. The down side is you have to send it back to them and wait for it. It will get all of the updates.